Parenting: Teens and social media
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
We’re used to hearing about the negative impact that using social media can have on girls – it can cause sleeplessness, low mood, depression and anxiety. Edwina Dunn, a data entrepreneur and founder of the educational charity The Female Lead, thinks differently. She believes that used in the right way, social media can be a force for good and can improve teenagers’ mental health. She joins Jenni to explain her theory and the research she commissioned from Cambridge University, along with Dr Anne-Lise Goddings, Clinical Lecturer at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health.
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| 1:10.6 | hello this is Jenny Murray welcoming you to this week's podcast for parents. |
| 1:15.6 | Now it's generally assumed that social media is not necessarily a good thing for girls. |
| 1:21.2 | Too many selfies, too much worrying about not getting enough likes, and too much |
| 1:25.4 | attachment to influencers who concentrate on makeup and clothes. Well some research carried out at Cambridge University and commissioned by the educational charity |
| 1:34.6 | The Female Lead has found that if it's used in the right way, social media can be good for teenagers |
| 1:40.9 | and their mental health. Well, I'm joined by Dr Anna Lisa Goddings, |
| 1:45.0 | who lectures at Great Woman Street Institute of Child Health |
| 1:48.0 | and Eduina Dunn, the founder of the female lead. |
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